At the next nebula, take a right. Here’s a good one for you: When we eventually launch a spacecraft that’s capable of exploring the Milky Way, how will we navigate between the stars? According to some German researchers at the Max Planck Institute, we’ll use intergalactic pulsar-based GPS.

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